Collection Highlights

Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)

Date:

ca. 1825

Object Number:

1920.5

Medium:

Watercolor on ivory

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Object name

Artillery shell fragment

Date

1850-1865

Medium

Iron

Dimensions

Overall: 3 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 7.9 x 4.1 cm )

Description

Iron artillery shell fragment.

Credit Line

Gift of E. Colgate

Object Number

INV.8439.1

Gallery Label

According to an attached label, this shell was taken from Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina on April 22, 1865.

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.